Germany and the Next WarE. Arnold, 1912 - 300 من الصفحات |
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مقاطع مشهورة
الصفحة 104 - In one way or another we must square our account with France if we wish for a free hand in our international policy. This is the first and foremost condition of a sound German policy, and since the hostility of France once for all cannot be removed by peaceful overtures, the matter must be settled by force of arms. France must be so completely crushed that she can never again come across our path.
الصفحة 10 - War is a biological necessity of the first importance, a regulative element in the life of mankind which cannot be dispensed with, since without it an unhealthy development will follow, which excludes every advancement of the race, and therefore all real civilization. " War is the father of all things.'.'* The sages of antiquity long before Darwin recognized this.
الصفحة 15 - Might is at once the supreme right, and the dispute as to what is right is decided by the arbitrament of war.
الصفحة 156 - Our next war will be fought for the highest interests of our country and of mankind. This will invest it with importance in the world's history. "World power or downfall!
الصفحة 27 - Efforts directed toward the abolition of war are not only foolish, but absolutely immoral, and must be stigmatized as unworthy of the human race
الصفحة 18 - Staates zu bestimmen." tTo expand the idea of the State into that of humanity, and thus to entrust apparently higher duties to the individual, leads to error, since in a human race conceived as a whole struggle and, by implication, the most essential vital principle would be ruled out. Any action in favor of collective humanity outside the limits of the State and nationality is impossible.
الصفحة 38 - Freedom's battle once begun, Bequeathed from bleeding sire to son, Though baffled oft, is ever won.
الصفحة 31 - Our people must learn to see that the maintenance of peace never can or may be the goal of a policy.
الصفحة 31 - The inevitableness, the idealism, the blessing of war as an indispensable and stimulating law of development must be repeatedly emphasized.
الصفحة 106 - Measures must be taken to the extent at least of providing that the German element is not split up in the world, but remains united in compact blocks, and thus forms, even in foreign countries, political centers of gravity in our favor, markets for our exports, and centers for the diffusion of German culture.